911 CALL: Did gunman try to surrender before I-95 rampage?

Hugo Steven Selva, and his girlfriend Nicole Marie Novak circa 2017. Selva shot and killed Novak before he was shot and killed by Palm Beach County Deputies on I95 Wednesday February 7, 2018 in Lantana.(Photo via Facebook)

A man claiming to be Hugo Selva — the person police said fatally shot his girlfriend, then caused multiple crashes on Interstate 95 before being shot dead by police — called 911 hours before the rampage and tried to turn himself in.

The 911 call came minutes after Charles Brown Jr. was shot last Tuesday outside the Dutchman Motor Lodge in West Palm Beach. A man claiming to be Selva called 911 and told the dispatcher: “I did it. I was just scared. I operated out of fear. I wasn’t showing love.”

“Can you tell me what happened?” the dispatcher asked on the call obtained by The Palm Beach Post on Tuesday. A few seconds of silence passed. “Or would you rather talk to a detective?”

“I’d rather talk to a detective,” said the caller, who told the dispatcher he was armed.